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Author Brookes, Martin, 1967-

Title Extreme measures : the dark visions and bright ideas of Francis Galton / Martin Brookes
Published London : Bloomsbury, 2004

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 MELB SPC NAUGHTIN  576.5092 Galton Bro/Emt  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 298 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Contents Lunar orbit -- Boy wonder -- Growing pains -- Wilderness years -- The great trek -- A comependium for Crusoe -- Storm warnings -- Extreme states -- On the origin of specious -- Rabbit stew -- Question time -- Vital statistics -- The gravity of numbers -- Tips on fingers -- Home improvements
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Galton, Francis, 1822-1911.
Eugenics.
Geneticists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0747566666